{"id":22957,"date":"2022-05-24T09:04:31","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T13:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=22957"},"modified":"2022-05-24T09:04:31","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T13:04:31","slug":"1135954_mercedes-teases-rivian-style-tank-turns-eqg-electric-suv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=22957","title":{"rendered":"Mercedes teases Rivian-style tank turns from upcoming EQG electric SUV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Mercedes-Benz EQG\u2014a forthcoming electric version of Mercedes&#8217; G-Class off-roader due in 2024\u2014could get a trick tank-turn feature to rival the Rivian R1T.<\/p>\n<p>Mercedes teased what it calls the &#8220;G-Turn&#8221; in a video released Monday, showing a prototype of the electric SUV turning within its own length on dirt.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image_wrapper first_wrapper\" readability=\"7\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" name=\"tccimg_100842372_m\" title=\"Mercedes-Benz EQG prototype \" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD\/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=\" alt=\"Mercedes-Benz EQG prototype \" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"first_image lazy\" data-width=\"1024\" data-height=\"576\" data-url=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/mercedes-benz-eqg-prototype-g-turn-tank-turn_100842372_l.jpg\" data-src-h=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/hug\/mercedes-benz-eqg-prototype-g-turn-tank-turn_100842372_h.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/mercedes-benz-eqg-prototype-g-turn-tank-turn_100842372_l.jpg\" data-src-l=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/mercedes-benz-eqg-prototype-g-turn-tank-turn_100842372_l.jpg\" data-src-m=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/med\/mercedes-benz-eqg-prototype-g-turn-tank-turn_100842372_m.jpg\" data-src-s=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/sml\/mercedes-benz-eqg-prototype-g-turn-tank-turn_100842372_s.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Mercedes-Benz EQG prototype <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The automaker didn&#8217;t mention this feature when the EQG was unveiled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greencarreports.com\/news\/1133484_mercedes-benz-eqg-concept-suv-points-to-a-fully-electric-g-class\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in concept form<\/a> last year, but did promise formidable off-road capability to match the current G-Class, boasting that the EQG concept would be able to tackle 100% grades in &#8220;suitable terrain.&#8221; The concept had a ladder frame and 2-speed gearbox for off-road gear reduction, similar to the gasoline G-Class.<\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">The company also recently confirmed that the EQG will use an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greencarreports.com\/news\/1135888_electric-mercedes-g-class-suv-silicon-anode-battery-chemistry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">advanced silicon-anode battery chemistry<\/a> to pack in more range without packaging sacrifices. It will be supplied by Mercedes-backed Sila, which plans to start manufacturing cells in Washington State mid-decade for a planned extended-range version of the EQG. Mercedes also plans to use this chemistry in other future models.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NwHbJ7HN1sU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">The EQG concept, like the R1T, has a quad-motor powertrain, which likely enables the G-Turn feature. Rivian has patented an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greencarreports.com\/news\/1132844_rivian-patents-another-maneuverability-trick-enabled-by-quad-motor-layout\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">expanded set of special tricks<\/a> enabled by its quad-motor layout.<\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">The layout is expensive, though; at Rivian it led to higher prices\u2014although, as the company recently notes, reservations for the quad-motor model <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greencarreports.com\/news\/1135831_rivian-has-received-10000-more-reservations-at-an-average-93000-since-its-march-price-hike\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">only accelerated<\/a> after the price hike. And with the current G-Class already positioned near the top of the Mercedes SUV range, customers likely won&#8217;t be deterred by high prices. Especially if the EQG delivers on the off-road capability of its gasoline predecessor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mercedes-Benz EQG\u2014a forthcoming electric version of Mercedes&#8217; G-Class off-roader due in 2024\u2014could get a trick tank-turn feature to rival the Rivian R1T. Mercedes teased what it calls the &#8220;G-Turn&#8221; in a video released Monday, showing a prototype of the electric SUV turning within its own length on dirt. Mercedes-Benz EQG prototype \u00a0 The automaker [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22958,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22957\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}